I remember that you said you made your buttons. May I ask what it was that you did? I've heard of what several others have done and none of which seemed very good to me. I was hoping that you have come up with something great! ^_^

Actually I didn't really "make" my buttons, I bought a pair that looked right and after sewing them on I covered the holes-part with some white paper that I glued on and painted into the right off-white color! So I guess this answer doesn't help you very much as long as you don't already have good-looking buttons :/